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Mars Rovers are cooler than you
Today, I wanted to wish Opportunity luck and happiness on its travels, but I can't decide if landing on Mars on January 25th six years ago makes it an anniversary or a birthday. Opinions?
In any case, the little dude has lasted 25 times longer than its original mission. Rock on, little robot.
(ahaha, no pun intended)
In other news, I have gainful (if somewhat boring) employment, my older sister is in Vietnam after taking her board exam (well-deserved!), and I spent the afternoon reading the rest of "A Study in Scarlet" aloud with![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
inmyriadbits. I think Arthur Conan Doyle's style benefits greatly from such an approach, because I am always tempted to skim the long descriptive bits, but Watson has a rather nice turn of phrase that I would otherwise miss. The boy is just as sly as Holmes is sarcastic, and I am very fond, except when Doyle digresses (I believe ignipes called it 'LOL surprise!Mormons'). It seems I've almost entirely forgotten the stories from my original reading ten years or so ago, so rereading them with Linds (and a slash lens) is a fun prospect.
In any case, the little dude has lasted 25 times longer than its original mission. Rock on, little robot.
(ahaha, no pun intended)
In other news, I have gainful (if somewhat boring) employment, my older sister is in Vietnam after taking her board exam (well-deserved!), and I spent the afternoon reading the rest of "A Study in Scarlet" aloud with
inmyriadbits. I think Arthur Conan Doyle's style benefits greatly from such an approach, because I am always tempted to skim the long descriptive bits, but Watson has a rather nice turn of phrase that I would otherwise miss. The boy is just as sly as Holmes is sarcastic, and I am very fond, except when Doyle digresses (I believe ignipes called it 'LOL surprise!Mormons'). It seems I've almost entirely forgotten the stories from my original reading ten years or so ago, so rereading them with Linds (and a slash lens) is a fun prospect.